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Originally Posted by auctionjmm
This is a bit of a stretch. Its a half mile walk through an outlet mall and past a steakhouse to get to the casinos. Not to mention being surrounded by the other thousands who are walking the same route when the convention closes in broad daylight, or the bumper to bumper traffic from people driving out. I understand that this 3x4 block radius is not large and venturing outside of it is risky, but nobody is getting killed or robbed in between a Nike store and a Ruth's Chris in daylight surrounded by tons of other convention attendees on a busy street. You make it sound like its a 3 mile walk through Flint.
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Not a stretch at all. I have been to AC plenty of times. I am a degenerate gambler. The ONLY hotels that fit your description of a 1/2 mile and through the mall (its outdoors as well, for those that do not know) is Ballys, Caesars/WWW and Claridge.
Most people will be staying at Showboat, where it is almost always the cheapest (lots of room, no stores or casino). That is almost 2 miles away, and a good 30 minutes on foot. Same with Resorts, Hard Rock, Oceans ETC.
Tropicana is a popular option as well, but that's still 1.5 miles from the Convention center.
AC is not the Vegas Strip. Really nothing is connected, and even the casinos have a good distance between them.
Your route is correct. Head through the mall area, as left or right are some rough neighborhoods. And get to the Boardwalk, and use that to get to wherever you are staying.
Pro Tip, taxi rates are capped at $13 max within AC proper. Well worth it. The only downside is, not many taxis hang around the convention center.